How many people born in the 1800s are still alive? Five. South London resident Grace Jones died Thursday morning at the age of 113, leaving no one in the UK born before 1900. Now there are only five people left in the wo...

Bacon--it's nature's font of miracles! Pearl Cantrell of Richland Springs, Texas is 105 years old. How did she live so long? You already know the answer:"I love bacon, I eat it everyday", says Pearl, "I don't feel as old...

Wu Conghan and Wu Songshi got married in 1924 in Nanchong, Sichuan province, China. There were no local photographers then, so there were no wedding photos taken. The couple are still married 88 years later, and they rec...

When we heard of the death of Florence Green, the final surviving veteran of World War I, many people stopped and thought about the old people who are our living links to history. Robert Krulwich at NPR has a list of peo...